US 12,011,115 B2
Food processing apparatus and a method of operating the same
Mario Pichler, Feldkirchen Bei Graz (AT); and Dieter Johann Maier, Klagenfurt (AT)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/044,927
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/059407
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/201766, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18167674 (EP), filed on Apr. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153693 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 43/0772 (2013.01) [A47J 43/046 (2013.01); A47J 43/075 (2013.01); A47J 2043/0733 (2013.01); A47J 43/0761 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for processing food stuff comprising:
a container for receiving a food stuff;
a food processing unit for processing the food stuff in the container;
a force sensor for measuring an operation parameter; and
a control unit for operating the food processing unit based on measurements received from the force sensor,
wherein the force sensor is configured to further measure, in addition to the operating parameter:
an interaction with the apparatus by a user when the user applies a force on the apparatus;
wherein the control unit is configured to:
receive measurements of the user interaction from the force sensor; and
process the received measurements to:
determine if a predetermined user interaction or a predetermined user interaction pattern corresponding to a user input command has been performed by the user; and
control the food processing unit in dependence on the determined user input command.